EXPERT DETECTIVE CBSE ENGLISH -CLASS VII SOLUTIONS OF THE TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS

About the Author

·
Sharada
Dwivedi
·
Born
– 1942, Mumbai.
·
Died
– 6 February 2012 Mumbai.
·
Sharada
Dwivedi was a Historian and researcher. Some of her famous books are –
·
Bombay,
The Cities Within (1995)
·
Banganga,
Sacred tank (1996)
·
Fort
walks (1999)
WORD
MEANINGS



Unit – I
1.
Monster
– A creature which is monstrous in size and harms people.
2.
Afford
– To be able to/manage.

3.
Crook
– A criminal/swindler.
4.
Starving
– To suffer from extreme poverty and food.
5.
Meals
– Food took at a particular time.
6.
Rubbish
– Worthless/Nonsense.
7.
Interrupted-
Disturbed.
8.
Scars
– A mark left by a healed by burning.
9.
Shoot
out – Gunfight between a criminal and police.
10.  Unsure – Uncertain.
11.  Annoyed – To disturb/ irritate.
12.  Obviously – Without any doubt.
13.  Upset – To disturb mentally or emotionally
14.  Thrust – To push forcibly.
15.  Peek – To look secretly/furtively.
16.  Disappointed – Depressed or discouraged.
17.  Detective – An investigator to find
information and evidence.
18.  Patting – To tap/strike a gently.
19.  Tips – A small gift of money.
20.  Stout – fat/bulky



21.  Trap- A trick for catching a person.
22.  Sighed – to let out someone’s breath in
sorrow.
23.  Retorted – To answer in against.
24.  Accompanied – To go along with.
25.  Blending – A situation where you see nothing.
26.  Flashers – A flash of lightning.
27.  Roaring – loud deep sound.
28.  Downpour – heavy rainfall.
Unit – II
1.
 Tummy – stomach
2.
No
added – bending of the head to approve
3.
Tenants
– people who stay on
4.
Scared
– afraid
5.
Occurred
– took place/happened.
6.
Bribing
– money or anything has given for illegal work.
7.
Glared
– to look angrily
8.
Fed
up – disgusted/bored
9.
Co-operate
– to work or act together.
10.  Oaf – A stupid person.
11.  Recognize – Identity.
12.  Stubbornly –  stubbornly – Adamantly
13.  Cops – Police.
14.  Merely – Slightly/hardly.
15.  Impression – influence.
TEXTBOOK
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q.1. What did Nishad give Mr Nath and why?
Ans:
– On Nishad’s mother’s birthday, Nishad had gone out with his mother at Girgaum. On his way, he met Mr Nath. He gave him a bar of chocolate. As per speculations, he thought that Mr Nath was
starving and was poor. So he gave the chocolate to him.
Q.2. what is strange about Mr Nath’s Sundays?
Ans:
– Mr Nath spends his Sundays with a bit of change compared to other days. On Sundays, he stays with the company of another person. The man is tall, fair, stout and puts on spectacles. Ramesh said that his visit also takes a meal with Mr Nath on every Sunday. Besides, he talks a lot.
Q.3. why did Nishad and Maya get a
holiday?
Ans:-
At the end of the summer holidays, their school was supposed to resume. But, because of the starting of heavy monsoon downpour, the streets were flooded and no traffic could pass through the flooded roads. So, they got a holiday.
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Q. 1. What does Nishad find out, about Mr Nath from Ramesh?
Arrange
the information as suggested below.
·
What
he eats
·
 When he eats.
·
What
he drinks and when
·
How
he pays
Ans:- Like an expert detective Nishad collected information about Mr Nath.
·
What he eats – According to Ramesh, Mr Nath was not
very particular about eating. Every day he used to finish his meals with the same food. He took two chapattis, some dal and a vegetable.
·
When he eats – Mar. Nath took food twice a day. He
took meals in the morning and in the evening.
·
What he drinks and when. – Mr Nath took two drinks in a day
similar to his meals. He took tea in the morning and in the afternoon.
·
How he pays – Mr Nath was generous. According to
Ramesh, Mr Nath, paid him good tips for his service.



Q.2. Why does Maya think Mr Nath is a crook? Who does she say the Sunday visitor is?
Ans:-
Maya has presented, various reasons for considering Mr Nath to be a crook –
·
Mr.
Nath has a weird appearance. He has burn marks on his face. According to Maya, these marks came because he had an encounter with the police.
·
Mr.
Nath does not work at all. But he promptly pays the bill and generously tips.
Maya thinks that as he is crook, he has a lot of looted money.
·
The
tenants of the Shankar House considered him strange, and unfriendly. Maya
thinks that he does not mix with anybody because. People may recognize him as a
crook.
·
Mr.
Nath meets only on Sundays with a fat spectacled, fair and talkative person.
She thinks the person to be the accomplice of his criminal work. He comes and
shares the looted part with Mr Nath.
Q. 3. Does Nishad agree with Maya about Mr Nath? How does he feel about him? 
Ans:-
Nishad completely disagrees with Maya’s thinking. He does not consider Mr Nath to be a crook. He is rather concerned about Mr Nath’s being lonely. He is desirous to find out the reason for his being thin. He wants to know why Mr. Nath does not have friends. At last, Nishad announces that he wants to befriend
of Mr Nath. He was not at all influenced by the views of Maya. 



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